Shell JV Deer Park gasoline unit out of production

HOUSTON: The gasoline-producing unit at Royal Dutch Shell Plc's joint-venture 316,600 barrel per day (bpd) Deer Park, Texas, refinery has been out of production since Wednesday night when a leak was discovered in a pipe on the unit, sources familiar with plant operations said on Thursday.

The 70,000 bpd fluidic catalytic cracking unit has been kept at operating temperature and circulating gas oil feedstock while Shell works to repair the leak of naphtha in an overhead line on the FCCU, the sources said.

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In 2018, automobile demand remained robust despite the slowdown overcast in the last three months of year. All segments reported strong double-digit growth in the calendar year ending December 31 except passenger vehicles which reported a growth of 5 per cent. Three-wheelers sales grew fastest followed by commercial vehicles, two-wheelers, and passenger vehicles. The overall automobile sales crossed 26.7 million units for the first time.